Example sentences of "told me the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ken has often told me the story of how Jackie came to drive single-seaters : how he had lost a driver in F3 ( Teddy Mayer 's brother Timmy ) and how John Cooper had reported to him ( belatedly , Ken says , because he 'd already spotted Jackie ) that there was some tiny Scot going around whom he absolutely must sign . |
| 2 | ‘ He 's already told me the story and I 've read Claudia 's account . ’ |
| 3 | Erm you 've , you 've said kind o you said erm the k you 've ba told me the kind of case that , that one would try and present related to the fa the , you know , the erm the structure , the lack of repair of the flats . |
| 4 | I had wept back in the office after Mr Charles had told me the Scharnhorst was steaming up the channel unchallenged . |
| 5 | ‘ I 've spoken to the doctors at the hospital where he was treated , and they 've told me the whole long , miserable story . |
| 6 | ‘ You still have n't told me the purpose of this call , ’ Alyssia pointed out , deciding to put an end to this surface veneer of politeness . |
| 7 | ‘ They 've told me the plan is that I should be opening , all things being equal , ’ he explained . |
| 8 | He had said to Mr Kuntar : ‘ You could have told me the truth from the very beginning . |
| 9 | ‘ You have n't told me the truth . ’ |
| 10 | But my present belief is that if Profumo had come to me for advice ( and my advice , of course , would only have made sense if one postulates that Profumo would have told me the truth ) , I would have recommended that he should throw in the towel ; assert that he had no intention of allowing his private life to be discussed in public ; apologise to the Prime Minister for the embarrassment he had caused both to him and to the party , and withdraw rapidly . |
| 11 | Perhaps , they said , he was married or engaged and had not told me the truth about himself . |
| 12 | ‘ If you 'd told me the truth about that years ago , none of this wretched business would have happened . ’ |
| 13 | But you should have told me the truth from the beginning . |
| 14 | She had told me the tunnels had now been connected up and the workmen used the subway constantly as a private short cut . |
| 15 | People have told me the lemon was to mask the taste of the uneven products made at that time by unscientific country brewers ; I do not believe that . |
| 16 | I was so grateful that somebody has finally told me the reason why I was miscarrying . ’ |